SU-8 Based Microdevices to Study Self-Induced Chemotaxis in 3D Microenvironments
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1 Group of Structural Mechanics and Materials Modelling (GEMM), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Zaragoza, Spain, 2 Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain, 3 Aragon Institute of Biomedical Research, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Zaragoza, Spain, 4 MEMS/MST Department, Ikerlan S. Coop., Mondragón, Spain, 5 Department of Design and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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